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The Rain of Sorrow
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Wikipedia article
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|screenplay=Chou Hsu-chiang
|director=Wang Yin
|country=Taiwan
|language=Mandarin
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|runtime=110 minutes
|studio=Tien Nan Motion Picture Company
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|cinematography=Hu Chi-yuan
|producer=Chu Chin-ching
|music=Liu Hung-yuan
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'The Rain of Sorrow' is a 1965 Taiwanese film directed by Wang Yin, based on Chiung Yao's 1964 novel 'Fire and Rain'. The film stars Wang Yin himself, as well as 21-year-old Gua Ah-leh in her acting debut.
Wang Yin handpicked Gua Ah-leh, a recent graduate of National Taiwan Academy of Arts (now National Taiwan University of Arts), from over a thousand candidates for the lead role. The film's other investors wanted a "sexier" bankable actress, but Wang wouldn't budge. Eventually Wang had to finance the film all by himself after other investors quit the project, but his selection proved brilliant. Gua Ah-leh won Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actress for this film, and would go on to become one of the greatest actresses in the cinema of Taiwan.
Cast
*Gua Ah-leh as Lu Yi-ping
*Wang Yin as Lu Chen-hua
* as Hsueh-chin
*Wu Chia-chi as Ho Shu-huan
*Yi Li as Lu Ru-ping
*Chen Ying as Lu Meng-ping
*Chang Wen-hua as Lu Ehr-chieh
*Wei Shao-ming as Lu Ehr-hao
*Chou Mei-li as Fang Yu
*Ming Ko as Lu Yi-ping's mother
*Lin Wei-cheng as Ho Shu-huan's mother
*Chou Hsun as Ah-lan
*Lin Pin as Wei Shao-hsiung
Awards and nominations
'1966 4th Golden Horse Awards'
*'Won'Best Leading Actress (Gua Ah-leh)
*'Won'Best Supporting Actress (Lu Pi-yun)
Gua at that time was the youngest Best Leading Actress winner in Golden Horse Awards history.
References
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